Xuande

Chapter 887 The Future of the Third Reich ([-])

Zhuge Liang didn't know what Chen Yao had experienced before, but he didn't really want to agree with what Chen Yao said.

Although Chen Yao said that Liu Bei told him, Zhuge Liang also knew more or less about Liu Bei's experience before he became emperor, and knew what kind of situation Liu Bei came out of.

However, Zhuge Liang believed that a government in which colleagues had to resort to killing each other to stabilize the situation would not be very stable, nor would it be able to lead the country forward.

A court or a government will definitely have no future if it cannot spend most of its energy on business.

To take a step back, if you must master the ability to manage people, you must not regard managing people as more important than doing things. If you don’t think about doing things all day long, just think about managing people, and everyone will be taken care of. Who will do the work?
Those countries that were prosperous for a time basically declined because they were better at managing people than doing things.

So Zhuge Liang never agrees with this.

To find a common goal, gather a common will, and push this country to the top together, this is his ideal court.

The three-month political observation period ended. The three thousand candidates for the first imperial examination also embarked on their own different paths in life. The ten people headed by Zhuge Liang did not go to local collective farms to accumulate experience like the others, but It was the service team that followed Chen Qun that left Luoyang and went to Chang'an.

It can be said that Chen Qun truly felt that he had made the right choice. While working in Chang'an, this new group of ten people gave him a big surprise, especially Zhuge Liang.

Initially, after an adaptation period of three or four days, Zhuge Liang was able to start helping him handle the key government affairs. Chen Qun only had to check at the end to see if the handling method given by Zhuge Liang was correct. question.

The results prove that they are basically right. Zhuge Liang has a unique ability to deal with matters that require a lot of calculation and thinking ability. It would take a normal person half an hour to reach a conclusion, but it took him just one stick of incense to reach the conclusion. No, you can draw a conclusion.

When doing mathematical operations, Chen Qun noticed that Zhuge Liang didn't even need to make a draft, he could just calculate the result directly in his mind. Others had to do calculations in writing and add calculations, but Zhuge Liang didn't need them at all.

He only had to go through a complicated calculation in his mind, and the answer came out. His ability to be unreasonable made Li Wei, Zhang Yun and others around him stunned.

Some people want to learn, and Zhuge Liang is also willing to teach, but for some reason, none of them can understand Zhuge Liang's teaching methods. In the end, everyone can only helplessly believe that geniuses are geniuses for a reason.

Living in the same era as a genius really tests their psychological adjustment ability.

Chen Qun was overjoyed and continued to give Zhuge Liang the things that he found troublesome. He gave Zhuge Liang questions and came back with standard answers. Later, Chen Qun didn't even need to check and just sent them out as they were. No errors occurred.

After the entire operation was over, Zhuge Lian and his nine newcomers had become a very cohesive and combat-effective administrative group. After Chen Qun petitioned for their credit, Liu Bei gave them generous material rewards, and then gave ten Individuals were promoted to one official rank together.

It's like they have just started working on the collective farm, and they are already full-level officials.

Subsequently, Liu Bei arranged for these ten people to go to Bingzhou and start working in the collective farm in Yunzhong County, Bingzhou. The reason was that the local conditions were relatively difficult, the construction and development of collective farms was difficult, and it was not easy to promote agricultural production.

Liu Bei believed that these ten people had certain experience and were young and capable, so he gave them more difficult tasks. If they did well, Liu Bei planned to promote them to positions in the county within two years.

Generally, it takes at least three years for new representatives to be promoted to work in the county.

Zhuge Liang's affairs have come to an end, and Liu Bei still has a lot to do. He cannot put too much energy on the growing Zhuge Liang. He is the emperor of the empire, and he has to think about the future of the empire.

The entire Battle of Yizhou lasted for half a year from June to December of the sixth year of Zhenguan.

The Han army dispatched all the troops in the Western Shu Military Region, and also dispatched two armies from Luoyang to reinforce. Fifty thousand Han troops went south and rebelled against the natives in Yuexi County, Jianwei County, Zangda County, Yizhou County and Yongchang County. The army fought many battles.

The outbreak of this round of native rebellion in southern Yizhou was not only the participation of the local natives in southern Yizhou, but also the shadow of some foreign countries south of Yongchang County. So when the Han army attacked Yongchang County, it was really... Seize some forces belonging to other countries and even small-scale armies.

These countries did not seem to know how powerful the Han Empire was, or they thought that the mountains and roads were too far here for the Han army to defeat, so they openly wanted to separate the Yongchang County area and turn it into their territory.

Liu Bei was very vigilant about this. In order to further consolidate his rule in the southwest border, he ordered the division of Yizhou, dividing the original five administrative regions of Yueqi County, Jianwei State, Zangqi County, Yizhou County and Yongchang County in the south of Yizhou. , and Yunzhou was established in addition.

In addition, he also renamed the Xishu Military Region as the Southwest Military Region, moved the military garrison south to Dianchi County in Yizhou County, and moved the main Han army garrison southward into Yunzhou. He formally promoted the large-scale development policy in Yunzhou and began to implement immigration, capital injection, Strategies such as road building, bridge building, and development.

More than 20 prisoners of war captured in the Yizhou battle became the main force for development. In addition, experienced technical personnel of various types were recruited from all over the country to follow the Yunzhou government team and enter the Yunzhou territory to conduct research. Starting from the beginning of the seventh year of Zhenguan, Strengthened rule over Yunzhou.

And after that, Liu Bei arranged for the Dongyuan secret agents to penetrate into Southeast Asia and South Asia from the southwest border, draw maps, and find roads. The idea of ​​​​devouring Southeast Asia and establishing tentacles of power in South Asia also began to take shape.

However, due to Yunzhou's complex terrain and extremely harsh natural environment, the progress of this work has been very limited, and the losses have been considerable. As a result, there has been considerable opposition within and outside the government to the expansion of the southern territory.

Liu Bei could only move forward slowly under the pressure, and the progress of Yunzhou's governance was not as fast as expected.

Initially, Liu Bei had the idea of ​​enfeoffing princes to foreign countries to establish satellite states of the Han Empire, as an alternative that could not be controlled beyond the extreme walls of the empire, and repeating the Western Zhou Dynasty's strategy of opening up territories. In order to implement this strategy, it was necessary to A lot of preparation.

Liu Bei also made many modifications and adjustments to the entire enfeoffment plan, and finally came up with a relatively stable enfeoffment plan.

According to his future aggressive plans, the Han Empire’s mainland is his goal, ranging from the Indochina Peninsula in the south, the Japanese Islands in the east, the Pamir Plateau in the west, and the North Sea in the north. This is territory that he will actually control with his army and policies.

At the current stage, there are still many difficulties in controlling these territories, but if they are controlled, they will definitely play a significant role in the future.

For example, Indochina has excellent hydrological conditions suitable for agricultural production, but what needs attention is the infestation of diseases.

The Japanese archipelago is prone to earthquakes and volcanoes, and the land is barren. However, there are large amounts of gold, silver, and copper mines, which will play a major role in promoting the future economic reform of the Han Empire and must be controlled.

Although the land where the Pamir Plateau is located is barren and not conducive to agricultural production, as long as it is controlled, it can form a superior strategic posture over the Central Asian region, which is enough to prevent the Central Asian regime from invading the Western Regions, and then protect the western frontier and territory of the empire. The smooth flow of the Silk Road.

Beihai is regarded by Liu Bei as a pearl in the imperial crown. It is the location of Su Wu's sheep herding and a symbol of the nation's indomitable spirit. Whether it is out of consideration for future water resources, national spirit, inheritance and strategic buffer, he All must occupy the local area.

These four places are the extreme walls of the empire he set up for the Han Empire.

Within the extreme walls of the empire, he will try every means to work hard. Outside the extreme walls of the empire, it is the place where he has set up enfeoffed satellite countries. The place that cannot be touched by the satellite countries is a completely foreign land and a barbaric land.

For this set of ruling methods, he referred to the Huayi thought of ancient China. The center is China, and the foreign lands in the four directions of southeast, northwest and northwest are all barbaric lands. And in his case, the mainland of the Han Empire is naturally the Chinese state. External satellite countries can be called Little China.

It's not even a satellite country, it's naturally a barbaric land.

As for the establishment of satellite states, Liu Bei also has preliminary plans.

In Central Asia, where the Kushan and Parthian empires were located, several feudal states could be established.

In South Asia, where India is located, several feudal states can be established.

On the islands of Southeast Asia, you can also try to establish several feudal states.Forget about the east side, it is the endless sea. When science and technology develop in the future and the sextant is invented, we can try to cross the Pacific to visit the Native Americans.

To the north is the vast ice field that stretches as far as the eye can see. There will really be no development value for a long period of time in the future, so there is no need to establish a feudal state.

Unless the warm period of Xia, Shang and Zhou returns to the earth, and elephants can run in Henan, then the Siberian Plain may still have some agricultural value.

After this plan was set, Liu Bei did a lot of preparation work. He even perfected the world map bit by bit based on his own memory. He marked the seven continents and five oceans on the map, and made a comprehensive survey of the entire earth. After describing it, he came up with his plan to seal the country.

At the decision-making meeting within the high-level empire, Liu Bei made the plan to conflate the country public internally, and also made the world map public for the first time. He did not explain where he came from, but just explained his plan to conflate the country to make everyone believe it.

Everyone has no reason not to believe it, because Liu Bei is a very magical person in their eyes. He can dream of a gathering of heroes in the empire, and he can form a group to fight with many wise ministers, let alone other aspects.

Therefore, no one could raise any objections to Liu Bei's relatively complete plan for future confederation and development.

They couldn't object to things they didn't know. They were afraid that Liu Bei would say that he had dreamed of something extraordinary, so there was no need to do so.

So everything in the future was announced to the high-level decision-making circle by Liu Bei.

Everyone knows that Liu Bei's future plan is for his eldest son to live among them and become the emperor of the empire. Other talented princes will be enfeoffed to other places to become kings of satellite states, becoming the barrier and vassal state of the Han Empire, and continuing to expand outwards.

What about the prince without talent?

Then stay in the Han Empire, become a peaceful prince or king, receive their own salary, and live a stable life. It is considered a good reincarnation for them, but they must not touch power or anything like that.

"Parents love their children and have far-reaching plans. I think my talented child is not only Liu Shen. The other children, especially Liu Ze, are also very talented. I don't want him to waste his talents and be mediocre. Live a mediocre life.

So I thought that the enfeoffment strategy of our ancestors in ancient times was actually a good one. In order to maintain internal stability, there was inheritance by the eldest son. What about other possibilities?Let other talented children develop it. This is the best solution they can think of, and it is also the best conclusion I can draw.

You will also have many children, you will also have various family disputes, and you will also want to spread the family expenses. Therefore, if possible, you can send your own family children to follow my sons to explore. Territory, to create your own country.

Success, survival, to put it harshly, no matter what happens in the future, if the world collapses and the earth breaks apart, we will all die, and the family bloodline will still be passed down. It is impossible to collapse at the same time. It doesn’t matter if we fail. There is no immortality in expanding the territory. Human?
Anyway, I am prepared to lose some children. It’s not that I don’t love them, it’s just that the position I’m in doesn’t allow me to love them more than I love the entire country of Han. What I can do for them is Just find the best path for the country and let them take it. "

Liu Bei communicated his thoughts with his old subordinates and expressed some of his future ideas. The high-level decision-making circles were shocked by this, but they soon accepted the reality.

The Third Reich was originally completely different from the Second Reich, the First Reich and the previous countries. This country would take a completely different path. Development would be the mainstream and a concept that would be widely accepted by the entire society. As the top, in a sense, they need to lead by example.

After this long-term national policy was formulated, Liu Bei began targeted preparations. The national strategy of the entire Han Empire was also formally determined, and all plans made great strides towards the same goal.

Also in the seventh year of Zhenguan, Gan Ning, the general who conquered the sea, returned. He took his fleet back to the port of Rinan County and quickly sent a lot of news to Luoyang.

They successfully arrived at the Great Qin Kingdom. Although they experienced some hardships and sank three large ships and killed many people, they successfully sold all the goods on the ship and brought back a lot of gold and silver, and also brought back a A travelable sea route, as well as envoys from the Qin State.

Gan Ning went through many hardships and reached the Roman Empire. After the Roman Empire came into contact with the merchant fleet and official envoys of the Han Empire, they were very surprised and spent a lot of money to buy all the goods on the ship. The Roman Emperor also personally summoned Gan Ning. .

Although the two parties do not understand the language, there are still some language talents who can help the two parties communicate along the way, successfully building a bridge for communication between the two parties.

The Roman emperor expressed condolences to the Han emperor and hoped that the exchanges between the two sides could continue. He hoped that Rome and the Han empire could achieve commercial interoperability, send fleets and envoys to each other, and increase mutual understanding.

He said that Rome liked the silk, lacquerware and porcelain of the Han Empire very much, and also liked the iron pots of the Han Empire. If possible, he would like to buy them on a large scale. The price is not an issue, the main thing is whether the goods can be delivered.

After entertaining Gan Ning for a month, Gan Ning set out to return home, bringing with him Roman envoys and language talents, as well as an infinite desire for the products of the Han Empire. This opened a new chapter in the exchanges between the two world-wide empires of the East and the West.

After that, Liu Bei formally established the Municipal Shipping Department in Rinan County, and also set up corresponding departments in the Ministry of Household Affairs to classify maritime trade and manage it specifically.

Regarding the needs of the Roman Empire, Liu Bei expressed that he would fully satisfy the Roman Empire, and he also expressed that he would fully satisfy the "discount" that the other party desired - of course, the premise is to increase the price beforehand, and then the discount will be the original level, or even higher than the original level. The level is even higher.

But the bureaucrats of the Roman Empire obviously didn't care about this. As long as the Han Empire made explicit concessions and provided sufficient goods, everything else could be done according to the Han Empire's wishes.

As a result, in the seventh year of Zhenguan, the Han Empire obtained a relatively stable overseas trade route.

In order to better maintain the stability of this overseas trade route, Liu Bei decided to accept the Roman Empire's envoys to be stationed in Luoyang, and Liu Bei also decided to send diplomats to the Roman Empire to station there. Both sides could negotiate through the presence of diplomatic envoys. Some business issues that require timely communication.

So not long after Gan Ning returned to the Han Empire, he received another mission to go to sea.

However, Gan Ning did not feel bad. His restless genes made him particularly dislike comfort, and he liked to challenge the unknown and the future, so he happily accepted the second sea mission.

Then Liu Bei asked him to further observe the status of every country he passed along the way, including the status of the Roman Empire.

"The previous report was well written and I liked it very much, but I think it could be more detailed. In particular, we should pay attention to the living conditions of people in various countries and see what they eat, drink, wear, and what kind of work they do. Just official and military words are not enough.”

Liu Bei explained this to Gan Ning, and Gan Ning immediately said that he understood. This time when he comes back, he will definitely bring more detailed news to Liu Bei.

Naturally, Dongyuan's spies also followed him out a lot. Liu Bei even planned to arrange for people to be stationed in Rome to do business, replenish goods regularly, and also start to set up transfer stations in various countries along the way to completely expand and stabilize the business.

Liu Bei's ambitions and the benefits brought about after returning from his first overseas trip were admired and envied by more than one or two people. Liu Bei took the opportunity to send people to spread the word about the matter, and went deep into the folk publicity, gradually making the overseas trip and gold and silver. Hooked up.

If you go to the sea, you can get gold and silver. If you go to the sea, you can make a fortune.

Is it dangerous?
It was very dangerous. Gan Ning's first fleet out to sea sank three ships due to technical reasons, and many people died. Later, when he came back to sum up his technical experience, he thought it was caused by the fact that the shipbuilding wood, especially the keel wood, was not dried. So much so that the durability of the ship was in question.

But so what?
Gan Ning shook his head when he heard that the shipyard had given out a plan that would allow it to dry out for at least three years.

"It's too wasteful to wait three years. Going to sea is a battle of life and death. Those who dare to go to sea with me are all brave. All we need is to prepare more boats. I will go to sea on my own, so you can prepare more keels and prepare more boats." Let’s wait for the next batch of wood for shipbuilding, I’ll go first!”

Gan Ning couldn't stop, and there were many people who didn't want to stop at all. They knew that going to sea was risky, but the benefits were greater, and they really couldn't wait three years.

Similarly, Liu Bei cannot wait for these three years.

So seven years after Zhenguan, the matter of overseas trade gradually became a hot topic in the Han Empire.

At exactly the same time, news of the booming trade in the Western Regions also reached Luoyang, so the north went out to the Western Regions and the south went to the Western Ocean. The south and the north and the two wests suddenly became the wealth code of the Han Empire.

(End of this chapter)